Southern Language

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam - the languages spoken in four southern states of India, which sends maximum people to the United Arab Emirates - at his outreach event 'Ahlan Modi' in Abu Dhabi.

The dialect, known as 'Miami English', is a Spanish-influenced form of English, and is born out of decades of immigration to Southern Florida from Spanish-speaking countries.

Pro-Kannada groups held a protest in the southern state today demanding all businesses and enterprises have nameplates in the local language.

A fiery exchange between a Bengaluru auto driver and a woman over Hindi vs Kannada has teed up a fresh controversy over language in the southern state.

After at least three bombs went off in southern Assam's Cachar bordering Mizoram allegedly by Mizo criminals, the state government said on Monday and added the accused threatened the officials with "abusive language and weapons like axe and sickle."

Not learning the Tamil language was one of his long-standing regrets in a long political career, Prime Narendra Modi said today calling it the "world's oldest language". In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio talk today, he also praised Tamil literature and poetry. His reference to the language comes weeks ahead of the southern state going to polls on A...

Flipkart today enabled its shopping experience in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu. The new language integration, which is initially limited to Flipkart’s mobile app, comes over nine months after the Walmart-owned company introduced Hindi language support.

The railway station in prime minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi will soon hear announcements in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. The Railway is making special arrangements for the growing number of non-Hindi speaking people visiting the holy city.

Soon after he landed in Chennai this afternoon ahead of the second informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in three languages and said it is "gladdening that Tamil Nadu will host President Xi Jinping". The southern state is "known for its wonderful culture and hospitality," PM Modi tweeted in English,...

Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi on Sunday waded into the row over Hindi as a national language, urging people from the southern states to learn the language in order to connect with the Government of India

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she is looking into demands of MPs from southern states for conducting bank recruitment exams in local languages as well.

Data has revealed that Tamil Nadu, the epicentre of the recent row over the Centre's three-language formula, has topped the list among southern states in people volunteering to learn Hindi.

The Hindi language issue flared up last week after a draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP), prepared by former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, was criticised by southern states who claimed it forced Hindi on school students

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said priority must be given to regional languages, supporting the southern states who opposed the Centre's now-dropped plan to make teaching of Hindi mandatory in non-Hindi speaking states.

Protests over what appeared to be a move to impose Hindi teaching in schools everywhere, including southern states, started after the government put out a Draft National Education Policy 2019 and asked for feedback. The report, prepared by an expert panel led by Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam - the languages spoken in four southern states of India, which sends maximum people to the United Arab Emirates - at his outreach event 'Ahlan Modi' in Abu Dhabi.

The dialect, known as 'Miami English', is a Spanish-influenced form of English, and is born out of decades of immigration to Southern Florida from Spanish-speaking countries.

Pro-Kannada groups held a protest in the southern state today demanding all businesses and enterprises have nameplates in the local language.

A fiery exchange between a Bengaluru auto driver and a woman over Hindi vs Kannada has teed up a fresh controversy over language in the southern state.

After at least three bombs went off in southern Assam's Cachar bordering Mizoram allegedly by Mizo criminals, the state government said on Monday and added the accused threatened the officials with "abusive language and weapons like axe and sickle."

Not learning the Tamil language was one of his long-standing regrets in a long political career, Prime Narendra Modi said today calling it the "world's oldest language". In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio talk today, he also praised Tamil literature and poetry. His reference to the language comes weeks ahead of the southern state going to polls on A...

Flipkart today enabled its shopping experience in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu. The new language integration, which is initially limited to Flipkart’s mobile app, comes over nine months after the Walmart-owned company introduced Hindi language support.

The railway station in prime minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi will soon hear announcements in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. The Railway is making special arrangements for the growing number of non-Hindi speaking people visiting the holy city.

Soon after he landed in Chennai this afternoon ahead of the second informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in three languages and said it is "gladdening that Tamil Nadu will host President Xi Jinping". The southern state is "known for its wonderful culture and hospitality," PM Modi tweeted in English,...

Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi on Sunday waded into the row over Hindi as a national language, urging people from the southern states to learn the language in order to connect with the Government of India

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she is looking into demands of MPs from southern states for conducting bank recruitment exams in local languages as well.

Data has revealed that Tamil Nadu, the epicentre of the recent row over the Centre's three-language formula, has topped the list among southern states in people volunteering to learn Hindi.

The Hindi language issue flared up last week after a draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP), prepared by former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, was criticised by southern states who claimed it forced Hindi on school students

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said priority must be given to regional languages, supporting the southern states who opposed the Centre's now-dropped plan to make teaching of Hindi mandatory in non-Hindi speaking states.

Protests over what appeared to be a move to impose Hindi teaching in schools everywhere, including southern states, started after the government put out a Draft National Education Policy 2019 and asked for feedback. The report, prepared by an expert panel led by Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has...